An owner of property in Iron and Ashland counties that was the site of a contentious proposal to mine iron ore is trying to resurrect plans for the mine, an Iron County economic development official said.

Officials of La Pointe Iron Co., one of the owners of the property that Gogebic Taconite unsuccessfully sought to develop as a massive open pit mine, met with local representatives in Hurley on Wednesday to discuss reviving the plans.

Kelly Klein, director of development for the Iron County Development Zone, said he and others met with La Pointe representatives, who told them they are eager to find another developer for the site.

Jonathan Lucroy's offense too good to put on the bench

With Jonathan Lucroy hitting .371 and posting an OPS of 1.064 to this point, it makes sense for the Milwaukee Brewers to continue going with the hot hand behind the plate tonight against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Miller Park. »Read Full Blog Post

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Why doesn't Roenicke put Maldanado in the ninth inning of games they have a lead of four or more, like last night. At least this way, Maldanado gets some innings here and there; and he may be able to get an at bat or two a few days a week. I think Luc would understand as he is getting most of the innings now.

bcuz if maldy gets hurt & you've taken lucroy out... who is going to catch? maldy certainly is not a defensive upgrade over either overbay or reynolds at 1st.... so not sure why you'd do that. everyone on the team cant get 500 plate appearances.... maldy's either gotta figure out a way to do more w/ less playing time or get pretty comfortable on the bench.

How many games can a catcher catch and still be effective? Yadier Molina has averaged about 137 per year the last 6 years. So the catcher needs about a day off every week. Those guys take a beating like no other position on the diamond.

Yeah....really smart you idiots. You don't take out your catcher when you're up by four. You don't screw with a good lead. That is just plain stupid. Luc is their guy and should catch 140 games this year.

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